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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Arun District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Arun website
16,997 approved · 2,457 refused · 997 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land north of 12 Horsham Road West Littlehampton
Received 19 Feb 20109 Durham Close Bognor Regis PO21 4XA
Received 2 Jul 2012Land to the South of Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DF
Received 2 Mar 2018Malvern and Kerria Station Road East Preston BN16 3AJ
Received 25 Oct 201315 Ashmere Lane Bognor Regis PO22 7QT
Received 14 Jul 201144 Southdean Close Middleton on Sea PO22 7TH
Received 12 Nov 2011Binsted House Binsted Lane
Received 16 Jun 2010Barnham Community Hall Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0BD
Received 17 Sept 2012Arundel Residence Inn Comfort Inn Crossbush Arundel BN17 7QQ
Received 18 Feb 2019Outside 17/19 and Outside 23 Wyke Lane North Felpham PO22 8LE
Received 24 Nov 202061 Queens Fields West Aldwick PO21 5SH
Received 18 Jun 202057 Manor Road East Preston BN16 1PY
Received 21 Nov 202559 Marlborough Court Aldwick PO21 5QJ
Received 3 Sept 2021Salt House Church Lane Pagham PO21 4NX
Received 25 Feb 202611 The Plantation East Preston BN16 1LD
Received 24 Jul 2018Allangate House Station Road Rustington BN16 3BA
Received 12 Jun 201513a Western Road Littlehampton BN17 5NP
Received 28 Nov 2011115-117 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1NX
Received 20 Apr 2012Land to the West of 2 Cross Road Rustington BN16 2ST
Received 2 Oct 2012The Lillies Holiday Park Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AY
Received 19 Feb 2010Headland House Strange Garden Estate Bognor Regis PO21 4AL
Received 10 Apr 2012Pollards Nursery Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 23 Dec 20215 The Ridings Aldwick PO21 4HP
Received 7 May 201516 Downview Avenue Ferring BN12 6QN
Received 18 Apr 2018Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Arun District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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